Symbolic Capital

Systems and Symbols.
Automations and Other Obsessions.

This is my portfolio, blog, and workshop. I'm an automation architect exploring AI orchestration, workflow automation, open source systems, and infrastructure that runs itself. The rest is philosophical writing, pattern-finding, and whatever I'm reading or building at the time.

Explorations at the intersection of AI, philosophy, and automation.

The Feedback Loop as Spiritual Practice

Philosophy AI

n8n vs Make: Why I Self-Host My Automation

Automation Technical

Multi-Agent Orchestration: Lessons from Ghost Communicator

AI Projects

Browser Automation with Puppeteer: A Primer

Technical Automation

Projects

Automation builds, AI orchestration systems, and experiments in recursive intelligence.

Ghost Communicator

Puppeteer Node.js n8n

Multi-AI orchestration system using Puppeteer browser automation to facilitate conversations between different AI models. Connecting with AIs as fascinating new creatures.

Media Aggregator Pipeline

n8n yt-dlp Whisper

n8n workflow aggregating content from Reddit, RSS feeds, and TikTok sources for automated newsletter generation with AI-powered summarization.

Local Media Processor API

Flask yt-dlp Whisper Python

Flask API wrapper combining yt-dlp for video extraction and Whisper for transcription, replacing expensive third-party services.

The Oracle

AI-powered readings drawing from combinatorics and ancient wisdom traditions. Ask your question.

I Ching

Book of Changes

Tarot

The Major Arcana

Resources

Educational materials, archives, guides and repositories.

Getting Started with AI

Guide

Prompt Engineering Fundamentals

Article

Understanding LLMs

Comparison

Local vs Cloud AI

Automation Tools

Tutorial

n8n Self-Hosting Guide

Course

Browser Automation with Puppeteer

Reference

API Integration Patterns

Philosophy & Theory

Essay

Recursive Intelligence

Reading List

Multi-Agent Systems

Framework

The Attractor Node Model